AA * Afar Djibouti, N Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br. AB * Abkhazian Abkhazia (Georgia) Caucasian F. AF * Afrikaans South Africa, Namibia Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 10 AM * Amharic Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 20 AR * Arabic Middle East, N Africa Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 218 AS Assamese Assam (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 23 AY * Aymara Bolivia, Peru Andean-Equatorial F., Andean Br. 2 AZ * Azerbaijani Iran, Azerbaijan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 15 BA * Bashkir Bashkir (S Urals, Russia) Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 1 BE * Byelorussian Byelorussia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 10 BG * Bulgarian Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 9 BH * Bihari Bihar (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. BI * Bislama Vanuatu, New Caledonia English based creole, Pacific BN * Bengali, Bangla Bangladesh, West Bengal (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 196 BO * Tibetan Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br. 5 BO from Bodskad BR * Breton Britanny (W France) Indo-European F., Celtic Br. CA * Catalan Catalania (NE Spain), Balearic Islands, Sardinia, S France, Andorra, Argentina Indo-European F., Italic Br. 9 CO * Corsican Corsica (France) Indo-European F., Italic Br. CS * Czech Czech Republic Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 11 CY * Welsh Wales (United Kingdom) Indo-European F., Celtic Br. DA * Danish Denmark, Germany Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 5 DE * German Germany, Austria, Switzerland, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 121 DE from Deutsch DZ * Bhutani, Bhutanese Bhutan Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br. EL * Greek Greece, Cyprus, Turkey Indo-European F., Hellenic Br. 12 EN * English North America, British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 470 EO * Esperanto 2 Artificial language ES * Spanish Spain, Latin America, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Italic Br. 381 ET * Estonian Estonia Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 1 EU * Basque W Pyrenees (France, Spain) (Isolate) EU from Euskera FA * Persian Iran, Afghanistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 35 FA from Farsi FI * Finnish, Suomi Finland, Russia, Sweden Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 6 FJ * Fiji, Fijian Fiji Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. FO * Faroese, Faeroese Faeroe Islands (Denmark) Indo-European F., Germanic Br. FR * French France, Belgium, Canada, U.S.A., Switzerland Indo-European F., Italic Br. 124 FY * Frisian Frisian Islands (Netherlands-Germany) Indo-European F., Germanic Br. GA * Irish Ireland Indo-European F., Celtic Br. GA from Gaeilge GD * Scots Gaelic Scotland Indo-European F., Celtic Br. GL * Galician Spanish Galicia Indo-European F., Italic Br. 4 GN * Guaran? Paraguay, Bolivia, S Brazil Andean-Equatorial F., Equatorial Br. 4 GU * Gujarati, Gujerati Gujarat (India), Bombay, Pakistan, South Africa Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 40 HA * Hausa N Nigeria, Niger, Cameroun Hamito-Semitic F., Chadic Br. 37 HE * Hebrew Israel Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 5 Formerly IW from Iwrith. See Note 4. HI * Hindi India, Pakistan, Trinidad, Guyana, Fiji, Mauritius Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 418 Same as Urdu [UR] except for writing system. See Note 3. HR * Croatian, Croat Croatia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. HR from Hrvatski. See Note 2. HU * Hungarian, Magyar Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia Uralo-Altaic F., Finno-Ugric Br. 14 HY * Armenian Armenia, Middle East Indo-European F., Armenian Br. 5 HY from Hayeren IA * Interlingua Artificial language ID * Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. Formerly IN. See Note 4. IE * Interlingue Artificial language. Prototype of Interlingua [IA] IK * Inupiak Greenland, N Canada, Alaska (U.S.A.) Eskimo-Aleut F. IS * Icelandic Iceland Indo-European F., Germanic Br. IS from Islenzk IT * Italian Italy, U.S.A., France, Argentina, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil Indo-European F., Italic Br. 62 IU * Inuktitut NE Canada Eskimo-Aleut F. See Note 5. JA * Japanese, Nihongo Japan, Brazil, California (U.S.A.), Hawaii (U.S.A.) Japanese-Korean F. 126 JW Javanese Java, Malaysia, Surinam Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 64 JW from Bahasa Jawa KA * Georgian Georgia Caucasian F. 3 KA from Kartuli KK * Kazakh Kazakhstan, Sinkiang (China), Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8 KL * Greenlandic Greenland Eskimo-Aleut F. KL from Kalaallisut KM * Cambodian Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam Austric F., Austrio-Asiatic Br. 9 KM from Khmer KN * Kannada Karnatuka (India) Dravidian F. 44 KO * Korean, Choson-o South Korea, North Korea, NE China, Japan, Siberia, Hawaii (U.S.A.) Japanese-Korean F. 75 KS * Kashmiri Kashmir (India-Pakistan) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 4 KU * Kurdish, Zimany Kurdy Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 11 KY * Kirghiz Kirghiz, Sinkiang (China), Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 2 KY from Kyrgyz LA * Latin Indo-European F., Italic Br. Ancient language nearing extinction LN Lingala, liNgala Zaire, Congo Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7 LO * Laothian, Pha Xa Lao, Lao Laos, Thailand Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 4 LT * Lithuanian Lithuania Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 3 LV * Latvian, Lettish Latvia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2 MG * Malagasy Madagascar Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 12 MI * Maori New Zealand Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. MK * Macedonian Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2 ML * Malayalam Kerala (SW India) Dravidian F. 35 MN * Mongolian Mongolia Uralo-Altaic F., Mongolic Br. MO * Moldavian MR * Marathi, Mahrati Maharashtra (W India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 69 MS Malay Malaysia, Indonesia Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 155 MS from Bahasa Malaysia MT * Maltese Malta Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. MY * Burmese Burma, Bangladesh Sino-Tibetan F., Tibeto-Burmese Br. 30 MY from Myanmasa NA Nauru, Nauruan Nauru Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. NE * Nepali, Nepalese Nepal, Uttar Pradesh (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 16 NL * Dutch Netherlands, Belgium Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 21 NL from Nederlands NO * Norwegian Norway Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 5 OC * Occitan S France Indo-European F., Italic Br. 4 OM * (Afan) Oromo, Galla Ethiopia, Kenya Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br. 10 OR * Oriya Orissa (E India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 31 PA Punjabi Punjab (India), Pakistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 93 PA from Panjabi PL * Polish Poland, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 44 PS Pashto, Pushto, Pushtu Afghanistan, Pakistan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 21 PT * Portuguese Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Azores, Goa, Madeira Indo-European F., Italic Br. 182 QU Quechua Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Andean-Equatorial F., Andean Br. 8 RM * Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romansch S Switzerland, N Italy, Tyrol (Austria) Indo-European F., Italic Br. RN Kirundi, kiRundi Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. RO * Romanian, Rumanian Rumania Indo-European F., Italic Br. 25 RU * Russian Russia, former USSR republics Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 288 RW Kinyarwanda, kinyaRuanda Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Zaire, Tanzania Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. RW from Rwanda SA * Sanskrit India Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. Ancient language SD Sindhi Pakistan, Sind (India) Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 18 SG Sangho, Sango-Ngbandi Central African Republic, Zaire Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 4 SH * Serbo-Croatian Croatia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 20 See Note 2. SI * Singhalese, Sinhalese Sri Lanka Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 13 SK * Slovak Slovakia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 5 SL * Slovenian, Slovene Slovenia, Italy, Austria Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 2 SM * Samoan Samoa Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. SN Shona, chiShona Rhodesia, Mozambique Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 8 SO * Somali Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya Hamito-Semitic F., Cushitic Br. 5 SQ * Albanian Albania, Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Italy, Greece Indo-European F., Albanian Br. 5 SQ from Shqip SR * Serbian Serbia Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. SR from Srpski. See Note 2. SS Siswati, siSwati South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. ST Sesotho, siSuthu South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. SU Sundanese West Java Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 26 SV * Swedish Sweden, Finland Indo-European F., Germanic Br. 9 SV from Svenska SW * Swahili, kiSwahili Tanzania, Comoro Islands, Kenya, Mozambique, Zaire Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 48 TA * Tamil Tamil Nadu (S India), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore Dravidian F. 71 TE * Telugu, Telegu Andhra Pradesh (India) Dravidian F. 73 TG * Tajik, Tajiki Tadzhikstan Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 5 TH * Thai Thailand 50 TI * Tigrinya N Ethiopia Hamito-Semitic F., Semitic Br. 4 TK * Turkmen, Turkoman, Turcoman Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 3 TL * Tagalog Philippines Austric F., Malayo-Polynesian Br. 54 TN * Setswana South Africa TO * Tonga Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7 TR * Turkish Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Greece Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 59 TS * Tsonga 3 TT * Tatar, Tartar Tatarstan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8 TW * Twi, Tshi W Africa Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. UG * Uigur, Uighur, Uyghur Sinkiang (China), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 8 See Note 5. UK * Ukrainian Ukraine, Canada, U.S.A. Indo-European F., Balto-Slavic Br. 47 UR * Urdu Pakistan, India Indo-European F., Indo-Iranian Br. 102 Same as Hindi [HI] except for writing system. See Note 3. UZ * Uzbek, Uzbeg, Usbek, Usbeg Uzbekstan, Tadzhikstan, Afghanistan Uralo-Altaic F., Turkic Br. 14 VI * Vietnamese Viet Nam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia, France, Dakar Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 65 VO * Volap?k Artificial language WO * Wolof Senegal, Gambia Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 7 XH * Xhosa, Xosa, isiXhosa South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 8 YI * Yiddish U.S.A., Israel, former USSR, Latin America, Canada, E Europe Indo-European F., Germanic Br. Formerly JI from Jiddisch. See Note 4. YO * Yoruba Western, Lagos and Kwara States (Nigeria), Benin Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 20 ZA Zhuang, Chwang, Chuang China 15 See Note 5. ZH * Chinese China Sino-Tibetan F., Sino-Siamese Br. 1,200 ZH from Zhongwen. See Note 1. ZU * Zulu, isiZulu South Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland Niger-Kordofanian F., Non-Mande Br. 9